Pay for Performance: History, Controversy, and Evidence

ISBN-13: 9781560242550 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 176 str.

Bill L. Hopkins; Thomas C. Mawhinney

Opis

Aims to provide a comprehensive examination of pay for performance theories and a fresh look at how they can be used successfully in organizational behaviour management. Provides background information and research to enhance the manager's understanding of this controversial issue.

Spis treści

Part 1 Historical Context: Pay for Performance From Antiquity to the 1950s, E. Brian Peach and Daniel A. Wren; Hawthorne - An Early OBM Experiment, H. McIlvaine Parsons. Part 2 Experimental Research: The Use of Concurrent Schedules to Evaluate the Effects of Extrinsic Rewards on "Intrinsic Motivation" - a Replication, Kelli j. Skaggs et al; A Comparison of the Effects of a Linear and an Exponential Performance Pay Function on Work Productivity, Shezeen Oah and Alyce M. Dickinson. Part 3 Critical Review: Schedules of Reinforcement - Lessons From the Past and Issues for the Future, Gary P. Latham and Vandra L. Huber. Part 4 An Exemplary Case Description: The Company Built Upon the Golden Rule - Lincoln Electric, Harry C. Handlin.